HONG KONG (Reuters) - Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday of five counts of money-laundering in a high-profile trial that cast a spotlight on how the barber-turned-businessman made his fortune. Yeung, who had denied the charges of laundering $93 million between January 2001 and December 2007, will be sentenced on Friday. He faces up to seven years in jail. A former hair stylist to Hong Kong's rich...

HONG KONG, March 7 (Reuters) - Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung was sentenced to six years in jail on Friday for laundering $93 million following a high-profile trial that cast a spotlight on how the barber-turned-businessman made his fortune. Yeung, 54, was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday of five counts of money-laundering. He had denied the charges. The businessman had told the court he amassed his wealth through...

HONG KONG, March 7 (Reuters) - Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung was sentenced to six years in jail on Friday for laundering $93 million following a high-profile trial that cast a spotlight on how the barber-turned-businessman made his fortune. Yeung, 54, was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday of five counts of money-laundering. He had denied the charges. The businessman had told the court he amassed his wealth through...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday of five counts of money-laundering in a high-profile trial that cast a spotlight on how the barber-turned-businessman made his fortune. Yeung, who had denied the charges of laundering $93 million between January 2001 and December 2007, will be sentenced on Friday. He faces up to seven years in jail. A former hair stylist to Hong Kong's rich...

By Grace Li HONG KONG, May 3 (Reuters) - Birmingham City football club owner Carson Yeung failed to have charges of laundering more than HK$720 million ($93 million)thrown out on Friday after a judge rejected claims that the absence of some documents would make a fair trial impossible. District Court judge Douglas Yau said the defence failed to prove that missing documents from securities brokerages and delays by investigators would result in an unfair...

By Grace Li HONG KONG, May 3 (Reuters) - Birmingham City football club owner Carson Yeung failed to have charges of laundering more than HK$720 million ($93 million)thrown out on Friday after a judge rejected claims that the absence of some documents would make a fair trial impossible. District Court judge Douglas Yau said the defence failed to prove that missing documents from securities brokerages and delays by investigators would result in an unfair...

Jan 22 (Reuters) - England goalkeeper Jack Butland could be on his way out of Birmingham City in the January transfer window after the financially stricken Championship (second division) club said their players were open to offers. The 19-year-old is highly regarded after making his England debut against Italy in August and has been linked with a move to Premier League sides Liverpool, Newcastle and Southampton. BBC West Midlands said the club, who are 20th in...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday agreed to postpone the start of a money laundering trial for Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung, the owner of English football club Birmingham City, given a need to gather further evidence. Among the charges the tycoon is facing is alleged money laundering including "dealing with property known or believed to represent proceeds of indictable offence" of more than HK$720 million ($92.4 million). District court...